Package unit for sectional frame and door construction



April 17, 1 1.. L. LESTER, JR 2,742,146

PACKAGE UNIT FOR SECTIONAL FRAME AND DOOR CONSTRUCTION Fi led June30,1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig, 4.

I i 1 F 3 INVENTOR I i i Lawson L. LesferJ;

I 1 l I v I I BY 5 i J W I h W ATTORNEYS April 17, 1956 L. L. LESTER, JR2,742,146

PACKAGE UNIT FOR SECTIONAL. FRAME AND DOOR CONSTRUCTION Filed June 50,1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 M/MW 9 WWW H2 ll3 95 Fig. 7. INVENTOR Lawson L. LesferJz BYMv/W ATTORNEYS 2,742,146 PACKAGE UNIT FOR SECTIONAL FRAME ANDThe present invention relates to improved means for packing door andframe construction units and more particularly relates to suchirnprovedmeans that protectively encas'es the corner portions of the constructionunit and holds the component elements of the latter from relativemovement without marring, splitting or otherwise damaging the same.

While I am aware that heretofore various means have been provided forpacking door and frame construction units, I have found that certaindisadvantages arise from their use. For example, in some arrangements,corner embracing means are provided which directly contact and aretightly held against the molding orother like framework of theconstruction- Such direct contact results in splitting and marring themolding or the like. Such splitting or marring is, of course, highlyundesirable.

" Accordingly, it is a'primary object of the present invention toprovide means improved over that of the prior art so as to avoid suchobjectional splitting or marring, while not sacrificing any of theholding function of the corner packing'means.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an improvedpackaging assembly wherein the component elements of the door and frameconstruction unit are firmly held from relative movement by releasableor detachable means and wherein assembly and disassembly are easilyeffected.

Other objects are to provide an economical and easily manufacturedassembly for packaging prefabricated'door and frame constructions.Various other objects and advantages will become apparent from thedetailed description to follow. The preferred embodiment'of my inventionis for use with door and frame construction units comprised of sideframe members joined at their upper ends by a header, with a doorhingedly. carried by one of the side frame members. The assembly of myinvention is comprised of corner packing means for each of the cornersof the construction to be packaged, the means including a rectangularbox-like formation open at two adjacent sides and consisting of frontand rear panels joined by rightangularly extending wall portions.Certain of the wall portions have spacer blocks secured thereto forengagement in the peripheral channel of the construction unit forspacing the wall portions from the molding of the construction; Othersof the wall portions, specifically those wall portions adjacentthebottom edge of the door, have United States Patent '0 ICC In thedrawings: a

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a sectional frame and door constructionas packaged by the means of the present invention; 1

' 'Fig. 2 is a front elevational view, parts being broken away, of thearrangement of Fig. 1; p

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view, parts in section, and showing thesectional frame and door construction as being applied to the openingprovided for such -a construction; i I

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view through one of the side framemembers of the frame and door construction; Fig. 5 is a perspective viewof one of the corner packing means that is employed at the upper cornerofthe door and frame construction; p p

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 but showing a corner packing meansthat is employed at one of the lower corners of the construction;

Fig. 7 is'a vertical sectional view through the packagedunit showing therelationship between the corner packing means and the door and frameconstruction; .and

Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional View taken substantially along the line8--8 of Fig. 7.

Referring moreparticular ly tothe drawings wherein a joined at their.upper ends by a .ha d'er j16 arid having a door is hingedly carried'byfthefs'ide'f rame member" '12. Figures 2, 3, 4 and '7 showt'heconstruction unit with Figures 3 and 4 best showing the detailsofthesideframe member '12, it being understood that the header and otherside frame member are similar to the framemember "12. The frame member12 is comprised of front. and rear molding strips 20 and 22 joined bythe jamb "sections 24, 26 and 28., the inner and outer jamb sections ,24and, 28 being directly secured to the molding strips "2'0 and '22,respectively, by .nails or other conventional means. Each of the jambsections 24 and 2'8 have their opposing longitudinal faces at 30 and 32provided with grooves 34am! 36, respectively. The intermediate jambsection '26 has outstanding tongues 38 and. 40 at opposing "longitudinalside faces thereof for engagement in the corresponding groove of theadjacent section. Nails 42 orotherlike securemen'tlmea'ns secure theintermediate, jamb section 26 to the jamb section 24 whilejthe othertongue and groove arrangement at 36, 40 is left unconnectedfor-assemblyof the frame within the opening at the. point of use. Fig. 3 shows thevertical studding 44, 46 and wall plaster or the like at 48 and 50 suchas will be encountered when assemblytof the door frame and door is madein place.

The molding strips and associated jamb sections are enstruction unit asabove described and as shown. The. means 56 is of rectangular box-likeformation with two adjacent sides omitted for reception of the uppercorner por- 'tions of the construction to be packaged. The formationincludes inner and outer panels 58 and 60 joined in spaced portions 62and 64. Spacer blocks 66 and'68 are secured to the inside faces 70 and72 of the wall portions 62 and 64, respectively, adjacent their freeedges and remote from the juncture at 74, by nails 76. The spacer blockshaven depth, as measured from thefaces thereof contacting'the faces 70and Hot the wall portions 62 and 64 to the opposite faces of the spacerblocks, which is greater than the depth of the channel as provided bythe molding strips and jamb sections and as measured from the edges 78and 80 of themolding strips to the faces 82 and 34 of the jamb sections24 and 28 so that, as shown in the upper portion of Fig. 7, theright-angularly extending wall portions 70 and 72 are held in spacedrelation to the molding strips, the spacing being shown at 86 and 88.Furthermore, the spacer blocks are of lesslength than the spacingbetween the molding strips so as to be spaced therefrom when assembled,as best seen in Fig. 8.

In Fig. 6, one ofthe'corner packing means '90 for engagement onthe lowercorners of the construction unit is seen to comprise inner and outerpanels 92 and 94 joined in'spaced parallelism by the right-angularlyextending wall portions 96 and 98, in the same manner as abovedescribed. Spacer blocks 100 and 102 similar to the above-describedblocks are secured in spaced relation on the face 104 of thewall'portion 98 by nails 106 for engagement in the channel at 103against the jamb section surface at l lllso as'to maintain the lowercorner packing means wall portion 98 in spaced relation to the adjacentmolding strip portions; l

Additionally, the packing means 90 has associated therewith theextension piece 111 which is of a width snugly received between and'heldfrom sidewise movement by thepanels 92 and 94 'and on the wall portion96 but spaced from the spacer block 100. As seen in-Fig. 7, theeiitension piece extends outwardly from the supporting wall portion 9 6and is secured thereto by nails 112. When assembled, theextension piece111 is abutted against the inner side face of the lower end portion ofthe side frame member 14, as at 113, and is detachably secured to thebottom edge of the door as by the nails or the like at 114.

In packaging a door and door frame unit as above described one of themeans 56'of Fig. 5 is engaged over each upper corner of the unit and oneof the means 90 of Fig. 6 is engaged over each lower corner, with theextension pieces 111 secured to the bottom edge of the door abovedescribed. Finally, means in the form of a single piece of metallicstrap is tightly encircled about the four corner packing meansand theends thereof are secured together as at'116 in Figs. 1, 2 and 7 a Whileit is to be noted that the door knob 19 of Fig. 1 extends outwardly fromthe plane of the visible panels of the cornerpacking means, it will beunderstood that r in stacking the packaged units the door knob of one Asthis invention may be embodied in several forms without departing fromthe spirit oressential characteristics thereof, the present embodimentis therefore illustrative and not restrictive, since the scope of theinvention is defined by the appended claims rather than by thedescription preceding them, and all changes that fall with in the metesand bounds of the claims or that form their functional as well asconjointly cooperative equivalents, are therefore intended to beembraced by those claims.

I claim:

1. A packaging assembly for preformed frame and door constructionscomprised of side frame members and a header joining the upper ends ofthe side frame members with a door hingedly carried by one of the sideframe members, the sideframe members and header including molding stripsjoined by jamb sections providing a channel-like cross-section, saidassembly comprising corner packing means for each of the corners of theconstruction to be packaged, means detachably secured to the bottom ofthe door and engaged with the adjacent corner packing means for holdingthe door from movement relative to said corner packing means, and meansfor holding all of said corner packing means in assembled relation tothe construction, the corner packing means on the upper cornersincluding right-angularly extending wall portions, a spacer blockcarried by each of said wall portions adjacent the free end thereof andengaging the outer side face of the adjacent jamb sectionand being of adepth greater than the depth of the channel so as to maintain said wallportions in spaced relation to the outer edges of the molding strips.

2. A packaging assembly of the construction defined in claim 1 and inwhich the means for holding all of the corner packing means inassembledrelation to the frame construction consists-of a flexible strapmember encircling the frame and the corner packing means in a planeparallel to the frame construction, said strap member engaging outerface portions of the corner packing means and securelyholding the sameto the frame construction.

3, A packaging assembly of the construction defined in claim 1 and inwhich the spacing blocks carried by the wall portions of the cornerpacking means on the upper corners of the frame construction areof lesswidth than the distance between the opposing inner side faces of themolding strips and are disposed in spaced relation therewith.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,667,279 Allen Apr. 24, 1928 1,770,516 Griflith a July 15, 19302,489,029 Guerrant Nov. 22, 1949 Lester, Jr. Jan. 19, 1954

